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ADD1E MAE COOKE Editor and Owner
RO\ A. COOK Production Manager
MRS C. W. SAVAGE Associate Editor
Entered in the Post Office at Murphy.
^ North Carolina, as second class matter
6 ^ under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Mrs. Morris Tells
Of Inauguration
(Editor's note: The following
story of the Presidential Inaugura
tion was written by Mrs. J. Alton
Morris of Murphy who. with her
husband. Rev. J. Alton Morris, and
two children. Sally and John,
attended the ceremonies in Wash
ington Thursday)
Every American should see one
inauguration ceremony of the
president of the United States.
The immense crowds of people,
their thrill of expectancy their
cheerful, orderly waiting on street
curbs for hours at a time, all show
a deep interest and pride in their
country and its government
Everyone should be a part of that
crowd once, if possible I had
honestly dreaded the long hours
of waiting that were necessary* in
order to get a good view of both
the parade and inauguration
Finding a place on the curb
directly across from the capitol
steps and to the right of the
inauguration stand at ten o'clock
in the morning we stood till
twelve, inauguration time
The ceremony was most impres
sive. the three prayers one of a
Baptist minister one of a Jewish
rabbi and one of a Catholic, were
s<ncere petitions which called mil
lions of people over the radio
?nd those actually present to re
member that God is over and above
all people and presidents They
were sacred and solemn moments
the president was pale but com
posed His address was simple
and easy to understand He im
pressed me as being just a good
average, natural somebody who
wouldn't look out of place running
a store in .Murphy and hobnob
bin?: on the street corners with us
Immediately the seriously mom
ents were over, the spirit of
crowds changed to a holiday mood
We were ready for the parade
Bamum and Baileys >!. ^an The
Bigge>t Show on Earth might
well be applied to a peace time
presidential inauguration parade
The marching cadets from West
Po nt. Annapolis and V M I the
marching units of sold er> from
the t S Army and t ie sailors
from the N'avv. all led bj their
respect, ve bands presented a
thrilling spectacle, even if my
brother did remark. Too much
military The Marines the Army
Air Corps, the Wacs the Waves,
a crack drill unit from Seattle.
Washington policemen a motor
unit of Miami. Fla policemen and
numerous American Leg.on bands
and marching Legionnairs kept us
so enthralled that no longer did
we notice that we were '.red or
that our feet were cold Really
it had warmed a little by mid
aftemoon The parade started a
few minutes after one and lasted
until nearly five.
Many peacetime pursuits were
pictured on the various beautiful
-'.ate floats as for instance North
Carolina's. The best balanced state
in the union with agriculture and
1 industry presenting a balanced
| economy A beautiful girl in
' flowing robes h.'ld the scales It
was preceded by Gov and Mrs
Scott riding in the back seat of a
beautiful red Ford convertible
Ul the governors were riding in '
' convertibles with the tops back i
i Historical events and characters
were most realistically and vividly
; pictured on many floats such as
Rhode Island being the first state
to ratify the constitution of the
, L S thus bee -ling the first state'
of the union Also Rhode Island ?
pictured as be . :ig the first place
:n the world to have freedom of
religion and separation of church
I -nd state. Bewgged and powder
ed colonial gentlemen in knee
pants stood on the Virginia float ,
among whom were the father of
, our country. George Washington
i Thomas Jefferson and others
Many humorous sights were to
be seen during the parade such
as the colorfu! decorated Cali
fornia cowboy i a prancing horse
' losing his hat and having it res
cued by another cowboy, and
kissing Jim Folsom" of Alabama
giving his wife a big kiss just :n
fr at of us as icy passed in their
convertible A funny very fat
'.rummer boy - rutting by with a
iuge drum slung over his enor
1 nous stomach gave the growd a
! . >d laugh S me darl.ng. *mull
1 children as strutting mascots for
' the bands were most amusing.
One of the funniest sights was the
colored girl drill leader of a high
. chool unit giving her commands,
out -yelling the toughest t >p ser
geant in the whole parade The
crowd really enjoyed that and
. notlier ne just abou* like her
wl;o led another colored girl drill
uni;
Everything was truly of general
.r - re-' to us all There were
many many beautiful floats from
.fferent -ates. man> excellent
:.'s of colored people in the
tary. the navy and other walks
ife Good h ;h school bands
from Washington schools, nearby
Pennsylvania. Virginia and as far (
?vay as New York did some beauti- ;
ml marching and playing. Hawaii's
float contained thousands of fresh
1 lowers Missouri had several
outstanding floats one specially
dedicated to Truman in the form ot
2 train commemorating his recent
campaign ? stopping at every
whistle stop Each coach was fill
ed with people standing up and
singing "Glory glory to old
Harry".
The parade finally ended with
a huge old-time steam calliope
drawn by eight white circus horses
from Celo Bros, circus wintering
in Louisville. Ky .. and commem
orating Vive- president Allen W.
Bark ley from Kentucky.
As it is impossible to name all
oi the parts of this four-hour
parade, we can just repeait what
an enjoyable privilege it was and
how proud we are of being an
American.
We went through the freedom
train the day before the inaugura
tion and saw the following free
dom pledge which each one of us
again affirmed
I am an American ? A free
American
Free to speak ? without fear.
Free to worship God in my own
way.
Free to stand for what I think
right.
Free to oppose what I believe
wrong
Free to choose those who gov
ern my country.
This heritage of freedom I
pledge to uphold for myself and
all manlcind
River Hill
Mr and Mi's Gordon Williamson
had as their dinner guests Sunday
Mr and Mrs Fred Givens, Mr ]
md Mrs. Clyde Williamson and j
daughter. Drene Mr and Mrs |
Harley Adams and daughter 1
Barbara Ann
Mr and Mrs Fred Givens are!
spending some time with Mrs.
Givens' parents. Mr and Mrs W |
C Williamson
Mr; Loretta W amson spent j
Sunday with her mother. Mrs. I
Martha Reid
Mr and Mrs Lester Williamson :
had as visitors Sunday Roy Mur
phy and James Baine
Dr. W. B. Rose
Endorses Scalf's
\V B Rose highly respected
physician of LaFollette Tenn
writes "Several years ago I en
dorsed Scalf's Indian River Medi
cine as of recognized merit in that
it is a splendid stomachic medicine
and appetizer, offering relief from
such symptoms as smothering gas
pressure pains after eating which
often cause loss of rer>t and sleep:
and from a weak tired, rundown
feeling ? loss of weight and
^ren.'h? due to undernourishment
when brought on by poor appetite
I am a great believer in herbal
medicines a .d I know that the
herbs contained in Scalf's IncLan
River Medicine have merit "
If you are suffering the agoniz
ing pains of gaseous stomach dis
tress. or if you feel weak tired
:nd rundown because a poor appe
tite has robbed you of proper
nourishment, then try Scalf's
Indian" River Medicine Your
money back on the first bottle if
not entirely satisfactory On sale
at All good Drug Stores
Hear Scalf's Harmoneers Quar
tet over WNOX. Dial 990 at 5 45
A M. Mon through Sat
Hand Craft Exhibit
1949 March 25th Thru April 2nd 1949
Murphy Supply Company's
Downstairs Store
Anything of a value of $100 or less may be entered, provided it was made by hand or with
the use of hand-tools only; You can produce it or set it made again: you are willing to sell it or
another like it or a reasonable reproduction of th^ original entry: you are willing to leave it on
display a reasonable length of time for purpose oi sale.
Needle Craft ? Loom Craft ? Wood Craft ? Ornamental Metal Craft ? Anything you can
make yourself with your hands and hand tools. Anyone can enter. Prepare now to have an entry.
F.ntry Date. Judges and Prizes to be announced later.
For More Detailed Particulars Visit Us
MURPHY SUPPLY COMPANY
DOWNSTAIRS STORE
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH A MARKET FOR THE THINGS YOl' MAKE
THE
BIBLE
. SPEAKS ^
I in : *
By D II KCNNETH jT FOHtMAN
SCRIPTURE: Mark 1 1415. J1 45;
""devotional READING: Luke 4.40
? 5:3.
TeachingReligion
Lesson for February 6. 1949
SOME PEOPLE, strange to say. |
don't believe in Sunday schools. ,
Most North American Protestants
do. because Jesus did. The word
may not be found !
in the New Testa
ment, but the thing
is there. If Jesus
did not believe that
religion could be
taught, then he was
guilty of wasting
much of his time,
for he worked at
eaching in season
.ind out of season.
He was a product
Dr. Foreman
Df the Sunday School, in a sense.
During his childhood he would go
:o the synagogue school weekdays
and especially on Sabbaths; we
Know that by the time he was
grown it was his "custom" to at
tend synagogue service.
And in every Jewish com
munity the synagogue was the
place where for two hundred
years and more, children and
youth and older people had been
taught the Word of God.
If Christians today are faithful to
Christ's example, we also will keep
at the job of teaching our religion
to every child within our reach. i
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Body and Soul
READERS of the gospels will note
that when Jesus went home
from the synagogue on the Sabbath,
his day's work was not done. He
would spend hours, sometimes till
far into the night, healing people
brought to him for cure. Jesus min
istered to mind and soul. Jesus
was interested in personalities. :
whole people, not half-people. Our
m.nds have to be fed. but we live in
bcdies. and bodies have no little to
do with personalities. Jesus was
not content with teaching sick peo- J
pie; he made sick people well. So
the church today, if it is faithful to
Christ's principles, will consider
people as complete personalities.
? ? ?
The Common People
TlfE FIND that J. d d r ' in
" sist on university audiences.
Indeed, he never spoke to a univer
sity audience His teaching was
always in the midst of groups of
very plain pecple. There were great
universities in those days, but it
was not necessary for any ore to
be a graduate of one of them in
order to enter Jesus' school, or to
understand what he taught. He
taught the plain people plainly
j In afl our teaching we try to
o?e the pupil s language and to
put our Christian ideas in the
thoughts that the pupils can un
derstand.
At the best seminaries, young
niristers-tc-be are carefully taucht
I how to put the creat Christian doc
. T.res in wnys that the simplest peo
ple can understand. Teaching over
! reople's heads is not teaching them
tt all.
? ? ?
r.od and Education
JESUS did not try to teach people
carpentry, or arithmetic, or ge
( graphy. No doubt he could have
i done so. But he had something
I more important on his mind, some
1 thing which he alone could teach.
| He taught religion, or in other
' words he taught the truth about
\ God. and about man, and about
right relations between God and
man. So the teaching church,
1 \< h ether in the Sunday school or in
' the books written by its scholars or
in its schools and colleges, when it
| follows Christ's example, is always
teaching religion first and foremost,
j We do not believe that religion is a
| secondary issue, something you can
'take or leave."
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Religion on Two Feet
JESUS did more than talk. He
lived. His whole life and charac*
j 'er were saying more loudly and
j plainly what his words said.
So the Christian church to
day, when it is faithful to Christ,
must translate into actual living
the faith she teaches in Sunday
school lessons. In catechisms
and books and sermons.
What we do. as Christians, speaks
louder than what we say. Every
Sunday school teacher needs to re
member that what is said on Sun
day is important, but what the
teacher does on Monday is more
| impressive by far. The reason why
Jesus was more effective than John
! the Baptist was that John, after all.
was a Voice, while Jesus was a
Friend. Are you who teach others
about God simply a Voice? A pho
nograph could do as well.
Copyright by the International Coun
cil of Religious Education on behalf of
4) Pr 'estant denomtnaUons. Released
by WNU Features.)
Mr and Mrs Jim Franklin
spent Sunday and Monday in
Sylva with their children. Mrs
Joe Fulmer and Mrs. Doug Simp
son and their families.
Ken's Kolumn
By M/Sft. KEN COON
t". S. Army Recruiter
I have just let out with a long
loud yell Why? Because as the
month of January faded into the
dark past the twelfth man from
this and adjacent counties was
rworn into the U. S. Army or U.
S Air Force. Therefore. I am a
happy and contented recruiter.
But as I close the books for the
month of January. I also open one
for the month of February. Now
I'll have to sweat out this month
The latest to be enlisted were
J C Ledford and Russell C Hall
of Murphy and Huey N Rogers
of Clay county By enlisting
Russell Hall I have ended a
struggle that started in July of
last year, at which time I started j
telling Hall about the advantages
of re-enlisting in the Army So. !
you see. he was a hard man to j
convince; it took eighteen months.
But I won'.
Two men have been accepted so
far this week. Lloyd R Robinson
of Andrews, and Gene E. Jenkins
of Culberson.
Bull Davidson is in on a leave
and says that the operation on his
hand was very successful. Have
you heard how Bull hurt his hand?
Don't quote me but I heard he
stuck his finger in a very large
fan to see if it was running. Is
that right Bull?
Remember fellows, the Aviation
Cadet program is in full swing.
NATIONAL FOREST
TIMBER FOR SALE
Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor. Franklin
North Carolina, up to and not
Inter than 2PM March 7. 1949,
and opened immediately there
after for all live timber marked
or designated for cutting on an
area embracing 1120 acres within
the New Hope - Ogreeta Unit
a.ijaccnt to Hiwassee Reservoir.
Cherokee County. Nantahala Na
tional Forest . North Carolina
estimated to be 225 cords (128
cub.c feet1 of pine pulpwood. more
or less. No bid of less than $2.00
per cord will bj considered. $125
must be deposited with each bid
to be applied on the purchase
I price. refunded or retained in part
I as liquidated damages, according
I to cond t :ons of sale The right
I to reject any and all bids is re
j served Before bids are submitted.
full information concerning the
j timber the conditions of sale and
The submission of bids should be
i btained from the Forest Supervi
? Franklin. North Carolina
i 29-ltc
: nd even married men may apply j
for appointment as Aviation
Cadets. If anyone desires any
further information I can be con
t acted at the Court House in Mur
phy on Monday. Wednesday and
Friday See you next Week.
INFANT DIES
Ray Alexander Brock. 4-months- 1
old son of Mr and Mrs. Hoytt
Brock of Robbinsville died in the
home there Sunday.
Funeral services were held Tues
day in the home at 2 p. m. Burial
was in Robbinsville cemetery, with
Town son funeral home in charge
Surviving besides the parents
are two brothers. Richard and
Michael, and twx) sisters. Patricia
and Linda; the paternal grand
parents Mr. and Mrs Reuben
Brock of Robbinsville, and the
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Rob
ert Belcher of San Pedro. Calif.
Miss Ruth Bagwell returned
homo Saturday from Shelby where
she attended a Sunday School
tlinlc at First Baptist church She
vas accompanied by Miss Sara
Nell Dill of Carolene, who spent
a few days as her guest
Mrs. Wm. J. Canaita and son
Bill, of Chattanooga returned home
Sunday after spending ten days
with Mr and Mrs. R. D Chandler
Mr and Mrs. Vaughn Hemphill
and daughter. Carol Ann. and Mr
and Mrs. John Henson and daugh
tt :. Sherry Lynn of Oak Ridge.
Tcnn., spent the week-end with
Mr* Rosa Price.
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cloudy urlns. Irritating puu?ei, Leg
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EXPANDED SERVICE
The following schedules will be in effect on Monday, Feb. 7
Leave Marble School, daily except Sunday, at 6:45 a. m., come by
Slow Creek and Peachtree School, arrive in Murphy at 7:20 a.
m. Leave Murphy at 5:20 p. m., travel same route, arrive Marble
6:00 p. m.
Leave Murphy for (irandview, Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 7:30
a. m.
Leave Grandview at 8.00 a. m., come by Fbenexer to Murphy.
Leave Murphy at 4:00 p. m. for Ebenezer and Grandview.
WATCH FOR SCHEDULES TO HIWASSEE DAM AND UNAKA
CITY SCHEDULE
Leave Parker's Drug Store For East Murphy
Mornings: 7:05, 8:05, 9:05 and 11:05: Afternoons: 1:40, .1:55,
4:50, and 6:20
Leave East Murphy for Town: Mornings: 6:25, 8:15, 10:20
Afternoons: 1:05. 2:40, 3:05. and 5:10.
Leave for Bealtown: 8:20 a. m., 3:15 p. m.
Leave for Hospital Hill: 8:30 a. m.. 3:10 p. m.
Leave for Factory Town: 7:10 a. m., 8:10 a. m., and 4:05 p. m.
TEXANA. REGULAR SCHEDULE
If you want to take your Sunday School or Singing Class or
any other group on a trip, get in touch with us for special rates.
CITY BUS COMPANY
Virgil O'Deil, Prop. Murphy, N. C.
Final Winter CLEARANCE
To make room for spring Merchandise, we are closing out our
entire stcck of winter Merchandise, At rock bottom prices. Sale
startf Saturday, Feb. 5th thru the 12th. Don't fail to see us if you
arc locking for bargains.
All Ladies' winter bags .V2 price j
All Ladies' winter hats V2 price |
All Ladies' Dresses one third off j
All Ladies' Blouses 1.98 j
A U Ladies' Slacks 1.98 j
All Ladies' Outing Gowns 1.79 !
Children's winter coats,
fmall size Now 3.98
Girls' Flannel Rcbes Now 1.69 j
Boy's Mackianaws Sale 3.98
Boys' all Wool
Sweaters Sale 1.98
Beys' Odd Coats Sale 2.49 j
Men's all wool
sweaters 1.98 to 2.98 |
Men's All Wool Dress Pants 1.98 '
Men's Leather
Jackets 10.98 to 12.98 1
Men's Odd Coats 3.98 1
Men's Lined Overall
Jackets 3.98 1
Men's Sheep Skin Jackets 1.98 I
Men's Oershoes, large size 1.00
Men's Wool Hats 1.98
Men's Flanne' Robes 2.98
1 T able consisting of the follow
ing: Ladiss' Pajamas, Bed Jack
ets, Boys' Wool Sweaters, Pclo
Shirt" Close Out $1.00
1 Table Consisting of Children's
Pajamas, Gowns, Wcol Sweat
ers, Polo Shirts, Ladies'
Scarfs Close Out 69c
Cotton Sheet Blankets Now 1.98
5fr Wcol Blankets Now 4.98
I Baby Blankets .... 1.98
J 2 lb. Cotton Batts 98c
[ Shseting, per yd. 24c
[ 4 yds. print cloth 1.16
Cu/tain Material, yd. 35c
1 Lot Ladies' Coats slightly
soiled close cut 3.98 to 9.98
I 1 'ot remnants, at a Bargain
All Merchandise going at some price, don t fail to get seme of the
bargains
ROY V. LOVINGOOD
Phone 234 Murphy, N. C.